Palm Springs, CA - 04/16/1999 -- Duffers from all over the Coachella Valley are invited to take their best swings during a golf tournament beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 22 at the Mesquite Golf & Country Club, Palm Springs.

The country club is located at 2700 E. Mesquite Avenue.

The tournament, hosted by Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU), is being held in conjunction with the Third Annual West Coast Emergency Medical Symposium, April 21-23 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

Cost for the golf tournament is $125 per person and includes golf, awards and an all-American barbecue dinner.

Non-golfers are welcome to the dinner at a cost of $20.

All proceeds from the golf tournament will benefit educational programs at WesternU, a health professions university located in Pomona, California.

For more information, call WesternU's Events and Programs Department at (909) 469-5362.